The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-15 00:00:00

MAILS. .11 trived, Due. Arrived. Due.' Arrived. Due 0 Arnerica.......... 0 2 France.— • ...... 0 0 List-on 1 0 Prasil...-.-.-. 9 1 Guern. & Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg ....-.. 1 0 Mexico 0 o carthagena,,,,..s l 1 Holland ...... .... I 0 Ostend il 2 Dublin.... « boes • • • Jamaica • • Sweden... ...... ~. ti 2 Flanders ......... $ 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 1 HIGH wp.TEn. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning —..... IR minntes after 5 I Evening minute.' after 5 This day was published, price 23. 6d. T HE CANADIAN CONTROVERSY; its Origin, Nature, and Merits. Vous savez le Latin ?" mais faites comme si je ne lc savois pas." Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. '• Had the House not heard —not from a Canadian, nor from a foreigner, but from a Memb'e r of that House--a sort of satisfaction expressed at. the defeat of British troops? Had they not seen a sort of gloating over the confiscation of public and private property in Canada?"—Lord. J. Russell's Speech, 22d December. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. Th. tf Tax SUN NawsPArten commenced this da3 , at le minutes past Three o'Clnclt4 , Alta - „4 -1 1) 4p , ), 4'. ,-- ' 4 he altll4 WITH vrnICII " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, ISM After what has occurred within the last six years, and particularly after the disclrnures made in the late trial at Edinburgh, it becomes every honest man con nected with Trade Unions to come forward and dis avow all knoweage of or participation in the atrocious crimes whic'n, have been committed by persons con nected with some of these Societies. From the evi dence which has been produced, little doubt remains that only a very few are privy to these deeds of darkness. The whole business was carried on by a Select Com mittee of three, who gave instructions and employed agents with the utmost secrecy, and without responsi bility. It is impossible to believe that the thousands of operatives connected with Unions —many of them religious men, and the very last who would think of committing murder—can sanction crimes hitherto unknown in this country, and not surpassed even by the abominations of the Thugs in India ; but they cannot fail to know that they are to a cer tain extent implicated—that the individuals form ing the Select Committee are allowed to act as their representative--and that they contribute to the fund out of which the assassins were paid. The pub lic are not very nice in making distinctions, and with out steps be taken to separate the innocent from the guilty, and give demonstrations that the only object of these Unions is the legal protection of their rights, every person connected with a Union will be regarded as a par ticipator in the crimes of the few. Independent, however, of such an imputation, cannot these men see what will be the result ? The Legislature, which came to an unanimous resolution against Orange Lodges, will not be backward in putting down all secret societies that sanction the destruction of property and even murder for a particular end ; and many that voted for the repeal of the Combination Laws,wilib e forced by the base conduct of, we trust, but a few individuals, to be the first to call for their re-enactment. Thy ' ie notice which has been taken by some of our liberal Contemporaries of our suggestion for increas ing, without displacing, the Lords-Lieutenant of Counties, and following the order of the Reform Bill in their appointment, as well as that no such favoura ble, opportunity for effecting the alai-we can be °ex pected to occur for very many r,ars to come, induce us again to press it on the notice of Government. It is unnecessary to add to the arguments we have advanced—butt perhaps, a few precedents and facts may not be misplaced. It is well known that tb.',l great county of York has long had its three. Lords-Lieutenant—at present the Earl of of CARLISLE, the Earl of HAREWOOD, and the Duke of LEEDS. Now let us ask what argument can be urged for such a division in Yorkshire, which cannot with equal force be urged for Lincolnshire ? If the extent of Yorkshire require three Lords-Lieute nant, does not the extent of Lincolnshire, Leicester .shire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Lan cashire, Northumberlandshire, Surrey, Sussex, Essex, Kent, &c., rev' re two? What reason can be adduced for separate Lieutenants for the East Riding and North Riding of Yorkshire, which does not apply to the separate Parliamentary divisions of all these coun ties ? And surely if the theoretical argument be as applicable, the practical facts are not less so, in favour of such a change. Is the influence so small, or she conduct so impartial, of roost of the Lords- Lieutenant of those Counties, in the recommendation of the Country Magistracy, as to make any such change undesirable ? Is not the land overrun with Parson and Tory Justices, acting as notorious partisans at every county election, with here and there, " few and far between, -.a single liberal Magistrate, borne down on the Bench by overwhelming majorities ? In the north we see one Tory nobleman possessing the Lieutenancies of two Counties, and one of these Counties so large as to be divided into two. What par iicular virtue does the Earl of LONSDALE possess, that he should remain her MAJESTY'S Lieutenant for Westmoreland, where he does reside, and for both divisions of Cumberland, where he does not reside ? Has he been so , extraordinarily impartial, so nobly disinterested, so politically unbiassed in his high station in both these counties ? Answer, ye yellow mushrooms of both counties, or, if you are silent, answer the " little Statesmen" who has so often fought for BROUGHAM in the one, and for and against GRA HA.NI in the other ! And then look at the recommendations of the Earl of HARDWICKE in Cambridge, the Earl of STAMFORD in Chester, Earl SOMERS in HERE FORD, Earl VERULAM in Hertford, Lord BROWN LOW in Lincolnshire, the Duke of IturLAND in Lei cestershire, the Duke of NEWCASTLE in Nottingham shire, the Earl of WESTMORLAND in Northampton shire, Lord ARDEN in Surrey, Lord CAMDEN in Kent, Lord WARWICK in Warwick, and many others we could mention ? Is the recent conduct of the Duke of PORTLAND in Middlesex (where so such change as that we have suggested can be effected) such as meets the approval of her MAJESTY'S liberal Lord Chan cellor ? We strongly advise the freeholders and electors of all those counties who experience the evils of the present system, and can appreciate the advantages of an additional and a liberal Lord Lieutenant, for that one of the divisions of each in which the present Lord Lieutenant does not reside, to take Ai, favour. able opportunity of petitioning or memorialising on the subject. We do not think the Government will be justified in neglecting to effect so important a change, when it is in their power, without any such petitioning:or memorialising. Nevertheless, they are of timid and I , squeezable" materials; and being so, we call upon the country to strengthen their weak resolves by pressing the subject upon them. Let every Liberal and Reform Club take up the matter without delay. The Church-rate case which came before the Court of Queen's Bench on Friday involves a point of consi derable importance. A rate is granted by the pa rishioners of Kensington duly assembled in Vestry ; but as this rate, or part of it at least, was for the avowed purpose of reimbursing the Church. wardens for expenses previously incurred by them, a rated inhabitant of the parish appeals against its validity. The case is taken into the Ecclesiastical Court, and the Judge decides, that the rate being re trospective, is illegal. The question is then carried, by an appeal on the part of the Churchwardens, before the Court of A rches, where Dr. JENNER reverses the decision of the inferior Judge (Dr. LUSEIINGTON), and pronounces the rate good in law. " Who shall decide when Doctors disagree ?" is a question that may very fairly be asked in this instance. It has always been held hitherto as a settled point that a Church -rate, to be legal, must be pre•sraive. Now, the decision of Dr. JENNRR seems to us to be directly in the teeth of this established rule of law, The circumstance fm which the Churchwardens rest their case, nsunely, that a vestry had sanctioned the rate, is bf not the slightest importance in the conside ration of the question. No vote of a vestry—even supposing a. majority of the rate-payers to be present —can make that legal which is in itself illegal. Such a vote is not binding —except in honour—even upon the parties who assent to it ; and that it should bind the absent and the dissentient cannot for a moment be imagined. How frequently do we see a Church-rate quashed for some mere informality in the proceedings, not in the least affecting its me rits ? Shall we then be told that a rate like this, which is vitiated by an illegal principle, shall be held sacred. Surely this is too tight an application of the ecclesiastical screw. The friends of Ireland are making preparations for a grand public dinner to Mr. O'CONNaLL on the 17th of next month, as a testimony of the high sense they entertain of his patriotic conduct, and of the great services he has rendered to his native country. But why should there be any limitation as to those wh• are to confer the honour ? Every friend of peace and of justice —every admirer of perseverance in a good cause for more than thirty years —every enemy of op pression, of slavery and of persecution, for religion's sake, would be anxious to join in conferring a tribute on a man who has carried into effect a principle of the first importance to the whole human race. It is of no use for interested journalists and political enemies to deny the fact. The system which Mr. O'C•NNELL has now fully established, is founded on one of the great doctrines of Christianity. He has shown that his great object is to obtain justice by peaceable means, and the astonishing success which has at tended his endeavours has demonstrated that wrongs may be redressed without shedding human blood, and that effectual reform can be obtained without hav ing recourse to the most hazardous and the most inhuman of all methods--a civil war. He has unde viatingly recommended peace to his oppressed coun trymen under the most grievous insults. They lis tened to his advice, and obtained their emancipation. He was an active agent with thousands in the cause of Parliamentary Reform, and they carried their object without violence. He has now seven millions of his countrymen completely under his control ; and while men of the same religion, and like them labouring under grievances, have had recourse to the sword, he has only more urgently impressed on them the neces rity of peace, and the certainty of obtaining liberty and happiness by moral power. Without vanity he may proclaim himself the apostle of a new sect. There is only one instance of a great moral change being produced in the world by the force of truth. Many nations have had to wade through fire and blood to obtain their liberty, and not a few have fought in vain. Even the great name of WA s HINGTON, the purest that adorns the page of history, is sullied with blood. It re mained for the present age, and for the great leader of a new sect, to prove that the best interests of the human race can be secured by the arts of peace. It is an era in the history of the world, and it holds out the brightest prospects to the friends of humanity, good order, and Christian charity. WELLINGTON has deservedly ob tained a great name, but, with one exception, it is only associated with characters that have often inflicted the greatest calamities on mankind. O'CONNELL can lay no claims to deeds like those of his illustrious countryman ; but he can lay claims to victories ob tained by peace, and to a place among the greatest be nefactors of the human face. Our readers will find in another part of to-day's Sun a report of the great public dinner which was given to the Members for the county and city of Dublin on Thursday last, and at which Lord CHARLEMONT— whose father, it may be remembered, s t oo d f oremost among the patriots of Ireland, in the earlier days of GRATTAN—presided. Mr. O'CONNELL, who of course was present at this dinner, delivered a temperate and sensible speech, in which he praised the Ministers for their conduct towards Ireland, and proclaimed him self one of their firm supporters, observing that their Irish policy was based on the foundation of common sense and justice. Of Lord MuLGRAVE, in particular, he spoke in the highest terms, and with good reason, for his Lordship is unquestionably the best Viceroy that Ireland ever possessed. So far, therefore, Mr. O'CONNELL was perfectly justified in his remarks but why, immediately afterwards, did he travel out of his road to sneer at the Radicals, under the impression that they are hostile to him ? " I may be assailed," said the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, "by the Radicals of England for my constant support of the QUEEN'S present Ministry. They may differ from me, as far as England is concerned, but as for Ireland, they are totally mistaken. But by the bye, these Radicals are not as ardent in Irish affairs as could be desired. They think it proper to accuse you of insincerity. They may accuse me per haps of being mistaken, and their accusation may be true ; but they cannot say lam insincere. Though I differ from them on this one question, I agree with them on every other." Mr.O'CONNELL is wholly in error—and his error is now of somewhat long standing—when be states that the Radicals are lukewarm in the cause of Ireland. They support it, and have ever supported it, by every means in their power,—by peti tions, by speeches, by addresses ; and, above all, by constantly keeping it before the public eye. Never does a Radical Reform meeting or dinner take place, but Ireland is sure to form a prominent topic of discussion. The fire, too, is con stantly kept up in the Radical Journals ; and we have particularly remarked—and we beg Mr. O'CoNNELL'S attention to this fact—that for the last year and upwards, not a single public meeting in favour of the Ballot, or an extension of the Suffrage, or repeal of the Septennial Act, has occurred, but the question of Ireland has been introduced, and dilated on with zeal and eloquence, not by one speaker only, but by every speaker who attended. Indeed, " Justice to Ireland" forms part and parcel of every Reformer's creed, be he Radical or not ; consequently, Mr. O'CONNELL'S charge against the English Radicals, that they are luke-warm towards the sister -country might have been!spared. In alluding to the late Tory gathering in Cumberland, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was specially severe in his animadversions on the chief spokesman, Sir JAMES GRAHAM ; and hit off Sir FRANCIS BURDETT to the life, when he described him as the " squeezed orange of Radicalism." We have neither space nor time to notice the rest of the speeches made at this dinner; but that of Lord CnAnLENIONT deserves high praise for its animation ane patriotic fervor. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday. They bring the conclusion of th e debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the fourth article of the Address, relative to the question of Spanish interventionb MM. Tilt atts and ODILLON BARROT, ably defended the intervention, which was as violently opposed by MM. Along and GrUIVA'. M. TRIERS delivered three several speeches in the course of Friday and Saturday, in which he electtilled the Chamber by the fore of his Arguments, and the splendour of Ilia eloquence. He forcibly rept.esiiicted to the Government the 'necessity bt ethploying more than words and sytiipathies to save Spain. Were the material intervention of France declared iniPs n'ilnle, her moral influence would from that instant be annihilated. All he wanted was an acknow ledgment on the part of the Legislature, that France would interfere were an extreme case to occur such as the occupation of Madrid by the PRETENDER. He took a most statesmanlike view of the affairs of Europe ; pointed out how much the Monarchy of July would be endangered by the triumph of the PRETENDER, who would unite with the French Royalists of the South in seeking to re store the exiled branch of the Bourbon dynasty ; and entered into various detail s t o s h ow t h at i nterven tion now would not disturb the peace of Europe ; whereas to leave Spain a prey to civil war was the most likely thing in the world to produce such a catastrophe. Count MOLE refused to make any declaration as to the eventual policy which France would pursue. Mi nisters would be wholly guided by events and contin gencies. He denied having asserted that under no circumstances would he grant intervention ; but he declined to state anything definite upon the subject. M. GUIZOT assumed a more lofty tone, and talked with more pomp than good sense of the disgrace of mixing themselves up with every popular revolution. He desired not to see a counter revolution in Spain, but he would only agree to prevent it by force to save the Monarchy of July— a Monarchy not likely to be endangered by any move ment in the Peninsula. Nothing short of an occupa tion would answer in Spain, as she was now without credit, without an army, without a strong Government, a prey to political and civil strife, and in want of every thing. Curious arguments these against intervention ! The Ministers, however, triumphed, and the amend ment was carried by a large majority. There was no ballot, but the journals calculate that M. TRIERS was in a minority of from seventy to eighty votes. The effect of this debate will be to destroy the power of France in the Peninsula, while it will give a new impulse to the partizans of the PRETENDER. The Christinos have now no thing to hope, and the Carlists nothing to fear from France. The Quadruple Treaty is voted a humbug--a mass of diplomatic jargon unintelligible to those who signed it, and only calculated to excite the ridicule of all Europe I There is nothing that can be called news in these Journals. From Madrid the advices are to the 3d instant, but they merely recapitulate provincial intelli gence known in England a month ago. The Carlist Chief, URBISTONDO, has addressed a letter to the PRETENDER, relative to the crimes committed by a band of villains in his name in Catalonia, and dis tinctly denying that the Carlists have any regular force in that province. The QUEEN'S Government has given great offence to the populace by removing from subordinate situations many who were noted for their attachment to the Constitution. FRENCH FUNDS —Pasts. JAN. 13. Five per Cents., 10SE 11 , ,e. 100 f. sc. 15c. 25c. Four and a Half oer Cents. 105 t lUc. Four per Cents., 101 f. 6sc. Three„ner Cents., 70f 3 , c. 3.5 e. 45c. 55e. Bank Actions, 2,615 f. 2,e! f. ftente do Naples, 9Of. Ronan Five per Cents., 101 101%. Spanish Actives,:9lo4%S. Spanish Passive., 4 $4. Spanish Differes, 6%. Belgian Bank, 1.405 E. Haytian Loan, ME RXCHANGS ON LONDON. One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f. 47Sc Tires months, paper, 95f. 325 e.; money, Qsf. LAST PRICES, Five per Cents. 100 f. 3.5 c. Three per Cents., Wt. We. Bank Actions, 2,t19.0f. Romans, lON. Belgian sank, 1,493 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 19%. Spanish Actires, VS. Spanish Passives, ,“(,. ilaytisn Loan, &Mt. ROLLS!_COURT.-(THIS DAY.) COLLINS ♦. WI LSON.-JIJDOM INT. The question in this case arose upon the construction of a testamentary paper of the late Mr. James Collins, of Stamford-hill, dated the 9th of December, 1831, and called " the Fourth Codicil" to his Will, dated the '27th of July, 1826 It was alleged by the plaintiff's and some of the defendants that this paper passed the whole of the testator's pro. perty, except such part as by the same paper he had shown an inten tion to dispose of according to former testamentary papers. The ottnr defendants contended that the paper in question was sustained in con. nection with other papers, and that in effect it only disposed of that which had not been specifically or particularly given by the other papers ; and the question was, whether by the words " all the rest residue and remainder of any real and personal estate," which the testator had made use of in this codicil be meant, all that he had not specifically or particular!) , disposed of by this codicil and former testa mentary paper taken together. The testator having seven children, and being entitled to a large property, consisting of freehold, copy hold, and household estates, money in the Funds, Bank and East India Stook, shares in the stock of different Companies, and other .personal estates, by his will dated the 27th July, 1826, gave se►eral legacies to friends. servants, and clerks, and various Charities, and he made gifts in favour of all his children. Lord LANQOALP, in giving Judgment this morning, said, that as a general rule a codicil prinza facie confirmed so much of the will as It did not revoke, and that the will and codicil being taken together, effect was to be given to both. Where there were several instruments, all must be made consistent as far as possible; and where there was a ge neral residuary clause, it must be applied to the, property according to the intention to be collected from all the instruments taken together, that was not particularly or specifically disposed of. No doubt great difficulty arose in many cases of arriving at the true intention of the tes tator, and the present was as difficult a case as it had been his Lord ship's fortune to meet with; but after reading the instruments carefully several times, he did not think the testator intended the fourth codicil should operate as a substitution for all the bene ficial interests given by former instruments, and not confirmed by the same codicil, but that the residuary clause in the fourth codicil operated only on so much of the testator's real and personal estate, as wa s not specifically or particularly disposed of by the will, and all the other Pa pers taken together. His Lordship, therefore, declared, that according to the true construction of the fourth codicil, the residuary bequest of the personal estate contained in the will, and the residuary devise of the personal estate contained In the third codicil, and not the specific o particular devised in the will and codicil, were revoked. BARAN V. BRANDON. This case, which was part.heard on Saturday, came before the Court for the purpose of having a construction put on a very obscure will, made by a gentleman of the name of Basso, a resident of Jamaica. The case was not concluded wheu we left. QUEEN'S BENCH. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco). TRDEMAN AND ♦aocsica e. tome. This was an action for breath of contract, tried at the sittings after last term before Lord Denman, when a verdict was had for the plaintiff% for 6,021/. Sir FaityLetex PeLL•c now moved, in pursuance of leave reserved, for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendant. He had further to move, that upon the c onstruction of the contract (the plaintiff not being entitled to maintain an action against the defendant) a nonsuit should be entered ; and he had also to move for a rule for a new trial, on the ground of certain evidence having been rejected at the trial. The circumstance,: of the case were as follo w :-- The plaintiffs, Trueman and Cooke, were tallow-brokers, c arry i ng an business frequently on their own account, and the defendant, Mr. Giles Lodor, was a merchant of St. Petersburgh ; and the declaration was for the non.delivery of certain quantities of tallow, in pursuance of two contracts made in the months of April and May, 1835, and he (Sir P. Pollock) thought a very grave question would an;. upon these contracts, how far the plaintiff's were entitled to maintain an action against the defendant, who was not named in them at all, nor alluded to in the remotest degree, Lord DENISAN—Another person named Higginbotham acted as the defendant's agent in London. Sir F. Potiocc—Where a contract was raade with an existing per. son trading in that country, and carrying on business in his own name, it was a well.established rule that evidence could not be received to prove that that name meant none other name or Company. That prin. ciple had been expressly laid down by Lord Ellenborough in the case of Siften v. Walker, Campbell, which was an action on a promissory note. It was there stated that " the import of a written agreement must be gathered from the terms in which it is expressed." _ _ . Lord D AN—I don't recollect your pointing that out at the trial. Sir F. POLLOck had alluded to it, but he felt the odium which at. tached to a defendant having recourse to a technical legal objection, and had not pressed it. It was clear, however, that no man, with a full knowledge of all the circumstances of the contract, had a right to sue both the principal and the agent. Lord DENMLN—The Jury found that Higginbotham intended to mak the sale on his own account, but that the plaintiff,: supposed It was as the agent of the defendant. Sir F. POLLOCK would now proceed to the question which arose ttpon the finding of the Jury. They found in point of fact that the agent did not make the contract for the benefit of his principal, but that the pur. chaser supposed such was the case. Now, he would submit that the result of that was that the parties were not ad idem, and that in point of fact there was no contract at all. That was the principle laid down in all cases of misunderstanding: no stronger case of misunderstanding could possibly arise, and he apprehended that their Lordships would think the point of sufficient importance to entitle the defendant to a verdict. The third point 1911 which he relied was that material evi dence had been rejected by the Learned Judge, and he would now call the attention of the Ciiiirt td the contracts; they were to the following effeet BO♦ught Merits, Trueman end Cuoke 1,000 eaOke new first sdrt St. Petersbilrgh V. C. tailoVi, to be detiveftd between Octlib€r silo DeCeiriber, at '3Bs. pet cwt. Slittlild anY dispute atise the quality the difference to be settled by arbitiation, but the ionsfect i+o► to by titild On that adconnt." In that Contract there was no !lathe Of any seller Whatever, neither Higgingbethain nor Lodor *etc named, and npott thi,t pohit . he would Call the attention of the Court to the ob. !ervation of Sir ;feint& Mansfield hi the case of Champion C. Plureither-= " tlow can that be ealied it contract which does riot state who are the contracting parties." He (Sir F. P011oCk) had been prepared with evidenee to Shdii that *hete the etiritradt was In shift tenni it Was the 6uiEdm Ht Illidaitarldieg of the trade that when the prititiptil Wits actually disclosed, if the party did not like it he might reject the con. tract. Upon these grounds he submitted that he was entitled to the rule prayed for in the alternative. The Court took time to consider the argument. HUMPIIRET V. TESTILIS. This was an aetlon upon a promissory note for 300/ brought by the p:aintiff, a solicitor, against Madame Vestris, proprietrix of the Olympic Theatre. The case was tried at the sittings of the last term before Lord Denman, and a verdict had for the plaintiff. The ArroaNev.6a:sertat. now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had. Lord DENNIAN—On what grounds ? The Arroaarav-Gs:Nailat..—Oti affidavits. The bill was dated the 30th December, 1838, drawn by Joshua Rose Anderson, the brother. in-law of the defendant, and accepted by Madame Vestris. , The pleas were that she had received no consideration for the bill—that it had been endorsed to the plaintiff without consideration —and that it had been endorsed to the plaintiff by Anderson after it had become due. That the lady had been most grossly defrauded, admitted, he thought, of not the smallest d , übt, and he trusted she would obtain the relief she prayed for. At the trial the Jury had found for the plaintiff, because they could not do otherwise. A prima facie case had been made out, although the plaintiff had not shown any consideration or when the bill lind been endorsed, because he was not bound to do so. He now held in his hand the affidavit of Madame Vestris, which set forth that she had never received one farthing consideration for the bill in ques tion. He had also the affidavit of the defendant's attorney, who stated that a bill-broker, named Knight, had informed him that the bill had remained with him for discount all January, 1837, and the greater pact of the month of February. That after the trial he had been in formed that a person, named Charles Rickarby, of litridge House.place, Newineton.causeway, auctioneer, could give evidence of the fraud that had been practised upon Madame Vestris ; and that, subsequently, Rickarby stated to him that he was present in the month of June, three months after the bill had become due, at an interview between the plaintiff and Mr. Anderson, at the Jerrard Coffee-house, when the bill in question was given by Anderson to Humphrey, and 3001. paid by the latter to the former, who afterwards returned 2501. to Humphrey under the table, and that one of them then observed, that they would chew Ma dame Vestris, that she would not rob gentlemen, without being robbed in turn. Now the defendant's solicitor had not been able to force Ric karby to swear to the affidavit, although it had been drawn up and ap. proved by him, but if there was a particle of truth in the statements there made, it would dilly establish the pleas, and expose what he be lieved to be a moat scandalous conspiracy to defraud that lady. He would submit that these statements required some answer on the part of the plaintiff, and it they could not be saticactorily met, then, that he was entitled to a TICW trial. The Comer after conftivring for a short time, observed that the case was certainly a very suspielous one, and if these facts were deposed to, it might influence their decision. But nothing had been proved. It was not sufficient for an attorney to state that he had been told so and so, by another person, and therefore the rule must be retbsed.—Rule refusal. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) SIUNT V. MOORE. Mr. Sergeant Vilma moved for a new trial in this case, tried last Sittings before Lord Chief Justice Tindal. The action had been brought under these circumstances :—The plaintiff, a card manufacturer, in Lon don, had been in the habit of consigning large quantities of cards to the defendant, Moore (auctioneer), who acted as his agent in Calcutta, and who remitted the produce of his sales by bills drawn upon Alexander and Co., bankers, in that city. Alexander and Co. having failed ten days after a bill to a large amount had been drawn by Moore on them, the bill was dishonoured, and the plaintiff' brought his action to reco ver the amogut from Moore. The Jury found for tie dofendant ; and it was on the part of the plaintiff tiat the Learned Sergeant now moved. itule for a new trial granted. PLACE ♦ND ♦MOTHER V DELEGAL. Mr. Sergeant T►LrOURD moved in this case, tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal, at the Sittings after last Term, and in which verdicts were found for theplaintiff on separate counts—on th• first count for ninety-one pounds eight shillings and sixpence, and on the second for la is. ltd. ; that the verdict on the first count be set aside, and either entered for the defendant, or reduced to 321. 6s. 6d., or that a new tria l should be granted. The action was brought on a contract for indemnity. The first count stated that theplaintifTs were the executors of one John Myers, under whose will a person named W. Myers was entitled to the sum of 321. 6s. 6(1 , the proceeds ofa certain estate, the property of the tes. tator. W.Myers becoming a bankrupt, the assignees claimed that sum, and at the request of the defendants, the plaintiffs paid him this sum, on his agreeing to indemnify them with regard to any claim on the part of assignee. An action was subsequently brought by the assignee against the present plaintiffs to recover the sum of 321. 2s. 6d., with other monies, amounting on the whole to 891., and a verdict was found for that amount. The second count went upon an alleged contract with Delegal, that on the plaintiff's making an application for the postpone. ment of the trial, in consequence of the absence of a witness, he (Delegal) would pay the costs of such application—lg/. and odd. The guarantee of indemnity had originally been entered into by the At torney Evans, who acted for all the parties beneficially interested in the estate in question ; but it was thought proper to make the ex. ecutors parties to the guarantee, and their names were accordingly in serted in the document. With respect to the first count, in regard to which alone the Learnei Sergeant said he had leave to move, he contended that the action should hare been brought either separately by one of the parties, or that Mr. Evans should have been made a party to the action. The Learned Serjeant was interrupted In his argu ment by The COVitT. who thought the rule for a new trial should be granted. DH DIRT O. WILLFORD. Mr. KNOWLIS obtained a rule for a new trial in this case which re garded an action for waste, in which the question was whether the party had a reversionary interest. COUTES V. BARLOW. Sir F. Pottoci on rising to move in this case, was interrupted by— Mr. Justice PARK, who said that the Learned Counsel was out of his turn—the case had been called on before—and he was not present. His being engaged in another Court was no excuse here; and he (Mr. Justice Park) was a great stickler for adhering to old rules. Sir F. Pousca was - not aware of this rule. Certainly it was not so In the Queen's Bench ; and in the Court of Exchequer the Attorney- Genervl had insisted on having a case in which he was engaged brought on at any period. Mr. Justice PAIL—Aye, the Exchequer is the Attorney-General's own Court. Mr. Serjeant SpaNxis observed that even in the Exchequer, at the time Slr Nicholas Bacon was Attorney-General, it was determined that hecould not have any such privilege, except in cases in which the Sore. reign was a party. Whe COURT ;vas willing to hear the ease, as a matter of courtesey to the Learned Counsel. Sir F. Pottoca said he would then waive the question of right. The Learned Counsel moved for a rule to show cause why in this case an action to recover the amount of a fire insurance policy. The verdict which had been found for the plaintiff should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered, or the damages reduced to the amount of the interest which the plaintiff actually possessed in the property insured, contend ing that the plaintiff had no interest sufficient to Justify him in claiming the whole amount of the policy.—Rule to show cause granted. EXCHEQUER CO URT.--(TI1I5 DAY., RUDE W. PIC:OTT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff as public officer of the Darlington Bank, to recover upon a bond the sum of 1,9001. It was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the sittings in London after last Term, when a ♦erdict was found for the plaintiff: Mr. EULE now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendant ; and if he failed in that motion, then to move for an arrest of judgment. The bond in question was given by Mary Pigott in order to secure a cash credit account for her son, John Pigott, with the Darlington Bank. By the conditions the defendant secured the Bank to the amount of 1,5001. The declar ation averred that he was indebted to the trustees for the Bank in the sum of 1,5001. The plea was that he was not so indebted, and under that plea he at the trial proved that one of the partners or shareholders was a clergyman, which was contrary to the statute the 57 Geo. 111., chap. 50, sec. 3. His second point was, the bond was executed to Middleton, Janson, and Teesdale, as trustees for the Bank. They were the only partici who could enforce it. The shareholders of the Bank generally could not be made parties to any action upon it, and therefore they had no right to sue by their public officer. Rule granted on both points. THE FUNDS.-CL • BRITISH OSINU PRICES. Bank Stock per Cent. Red. 9134 3 per Cent Cons 9l 3N, per Cent 34, per Cent. Red 494, New 34, per Cent 9831, I per Cent. Assented Dissented ........ Long Annuities to expire Ja•. IMO 145( Oct MO Jan. 160 FUNDS. Omniam India Stock Ditto Woods South Sea Stock lO2 Ditto Old Annuitiei (70 Ditto New Annuities BS Ex. Be's, lOW 9 %d. ... 57 pm. Ditto 50111 57 pm Ditto 5001 57 pm Bank Stock for Opg. India Stock for Act. Consols for Act. N FUNDS. FOREIG. Austrian, 5 per cent 7064 Belgian, 5 per cent ___ Brzzilian Bends Bue nos Ayres, 6 per cant — Chilian, 6 per cent — Colombian, 6 per cent. — Ditto, 1,24 Danish, 3 per cent 72 yi Greek Bonds, 1625.5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 Ferovian, 1i325, 6 per cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, Now Ditto 24 Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic Spanish. 5 per cent I9 Ditto. Consolidated . French, 5 pet cent ... —c. Exchange French, Zi per cent c Dutch, 2 per cent.......... ...... Ditto, 5 per cent ...... 101% SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway lii% Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Dublin and Kilkenny Railway l% Eastern Cou'ities Railway lli Gre i t Western Railway 9o'i London and Brighton Railway 5% L on don and Birmingham Railway London and Greenwich Railway 17% London and Southampton Railway 4O London and Southampton (New) London and Croydon Railway London and Croydon Railway (Scrip ) Manchester ra.rhteesrand i and irrnin Leeds ll g a h i a lw m ay 25 Railway 5% North Midland Railway N o o ther variations in the Prices of Shares since our One u'eliick List. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A yowl ITALIAN BC/T.—John Dodd, an Italian boy, was charged by Moore, a constable of Covent.garden Market, with being found sleeping in the opeu air, in a state of destitution. The poor little urchin was d in a cart last night rolled up like a large hedge hog, and stiff found hthe frost. On going to take him to the station house the constable discovered two white mice, nearly dead with the cold, crawling over his person and trying to find a hole to creep into. The pr isoner said he was quite destitute; and was o r d ere d t o b e sent to the overseers of the parish in which he was found. T H s Swim's Mon in HYD6 PARK.—John and Harriet Rawlins, alias alias Robinson, man and wife, who were dressed t o ver y respect ably, we re placed at the bar by the same constable, who st a t e d th at yes . terday, about three o'clock, while he was standing on the banks of the Serpentine River, he saw the prisoners in company with others whom ha knew to be persons of bad character. Having watched them for about three quarters •f an hour, he observed the female prisoner put her hand into the reticules of several ladies who were witnessing the exploits of the skating, and after ap. prehending her she said, " I have made nothing so help me G—." While the prisoners were on their way down Oxford street, to the station-house, the male prisoner made an offer, that if there was nothing more said of the circumstance, lie had ridobiectioti to drop 10/. Wiien asked Wiere Ciey resided, they ansivels6 they resided somewhere in Claire Inn lane. Wdot:0; ithe ktendel for the prisoners, cross.ekimilie4 the *ittiessi but elicited ditretert from his direct testimony. Pit F: ittls eiiiittired if th 6 prigettleti Were known ? and was In. formed by Kepi, tt o Etflli cf l thit he knew tht male prisoner to be a very aetive and successful member Of the a*aTl iitott The prisoners denied the charge, and said !bit they had been 0 014 >i tiltet.iN-lai" ill High-street, Hammersmith, and atler lettVing the bins at Kensingt ii, they 11/1:1 wglked through the Park, but never Went near the Serpentine not *its the fEEtf ttf 101. offered to the constable. Sir E. shalt elntriet you both as fogtlea and vagabonds, and send you to liAtd iallotir for three Month!. Male Prisoner—Oh, Sir, I lift; **ry ill bat pray don't send MINI if., Sir F. Roe — ln case you are very ill, l i nt ante Mr: Wakefield will dispense with your going on the treadmill. The prisoner declared it was a hard case. LLOYD'S • SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 13.—Wind E., modernte.—Caine down from the River and sailed, the Duke of Northumberland, Wood, for Madras. 14. Wind N.E., moderate.—Came down from the ElVer and proceeded, the Star, Weeks, for Malta ; Mary, Sterry, tbr Corfu. ArtiYeti the Jeffer son, from Virginia ; Elbe packet, from Cork. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 13.--Wind E.S.E. to E.N,E. ; 14, N.N.E., Arrived, 13th, the Koningen der Nederlander, Sophes, from Batavia; Oraf,aneren, Gods, from London; George and Thomas, Liddle, and Camilla, Davison, from Sunderland. Sailed, 13 li, the Brighton, Mow. brey, for Sunderland. Arrived, 14th, the Arisdne, Fenwick, from Seahari ; Minerva, Gravels, fsom Yougliall ; Union packet, \Whams, from Bristol ; Briton, Steel, from Guernsey. Sailed, 14th, the Jeune Aristide, Rosseguel, for Barflcur. COWES, JAN. 14.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Skeen, Boyd, from St. Domingo ;J. W. Collingwood, from Charente. The Clementina, Brand, from Newport, went on shore off Brook yesterday morning, but was assisted off without damage ; she is waiting a lair wind. LIVRRPOOL, JAN. 14.—Wiud S.S.E., light—Arrived the Mary Ann and Martha, from Newfoundland. Arrived off port, the C. R. C.. from the Mediterranean ; Ann, from Rotterdam ; Nyverheith and Pauline, from Ostend. Sailed the Queen Victoria steamer, for Dublin. GALWAY, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Georgiana, Williams ; Mahoney ; and Magdalene, Bowden, from London. DOTER, JAN 14.—Arrived the Maria Jacobs, Part, from La Guayra. GUERNSEY, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Flora, Hansen, from Copen. hagen ; and Grimstadt, Ebbell, from Gottenburg. _ . GLOUCESTER, J. 14.—Arrived the Emma, Holmes, St. Petersburgh. LIMERICK, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Dyer, from London. PLvmourn, JLN. 13.—Wind E:—Arrived the Elizabeth, Denning, from Waterford. Sailed the Bolivar, for Havre. The William Miles, Ship, was spoken with on the Bth instant, lat. 50 W., long. 7 N., by the Black Cat packet from Cork. • FA I.HOUTH,:JA N. 13.—Wind E N.E. to E.S.E.—Arrived the Falmouth Minerva, Terry, from Pictou, with loss of bulwarks, &c., having el. perienced severe weather ; and Leeds steamer, Joy, from London. Sailed the Pair Barbadian, Roberts, for Belfast; Cumberland, Fogwell, for Liverpool; and Romona, King, on a cruise. DARTMOUTH, Jaw 13.—Arrived the Friendship, Boer, from Batavia. JERSET, JAN, 12.—Arrived the Marianne, Huthman, Gottenburg. Hut L, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Sophia Eliza, Iverson, from llavannah; and Pollock, Eleth, from Bjorneborg. CASTLETOWNSEND, JAN. 12. Arrived the St. Patrick, Newfoundland. The Comet, Smith, from Sunderland, and Mary, Jeane, from Shields, struck on the Sherringham Shoal. 13th instant, and sunk—drew saved. The John, Eord, from Bangor, put into Weymouth leaky, and must discharge. The Graf Caneren, Gode, from London to Baltimore, put into Cowes leaky, and will discharge. . The Louise Maria, Slangraft, from Sunderland to Bremen, grounded off Ancrum, about the 4th instant, and was abandoned. The Autumn, Teasdale, from Newpost, put into Norwich leaky, and must discharge. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. All apprehension of any further danger from the fire at the Royal Exchange being over, a great number of workmen, at an early hour this morning, commenced boarding up the ruins, previous to the walls being pulled down, and the ruins taken away. All the avenues leading to the Bank, Cornhill and the Stock Exchange, are new free for foot passen gers, as the barricades have been removed, but the Police still remain to prevent coaches and carts from passing. Up to the present hour, we cannot add any further particulars, and we must wait for the recon. strucrion of the building of a new Royal Exchange—which will no doubt, be erected on the same spot, with great improvements. The workmen experience great difficulty in clearing away the Ice op. posit• the Bank, being frozen to some depth. They are working with sledge-hammers, and can scarce break it. THY FUNDS. There being few arrivals this morning, owing to the north-easterly winds, there is a great scarcity of intelligence. The speculators in the ♦arious funds, both in the British and Foreign markets, are at a stand still, and most of the prices are at the same quotations as they closed at on Saturday. There is a general excitement in respect to the sleeting of Parliament to.morrow, particularly on the Canada affairs. Much stress is laid on the appearance in the Commons of Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck. Consols may be quoted at 92 3-8 1 for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 55 57 ; India Bonds, 534 ; thore to be paid off, 13. 155.; Bank Stock, 2041. In the Foreign Market a little is doing in Spanish Active, which is not quite so good as on Saturday, closed at 19{ 191, opened at 191 ; Portu guese, 29i 291 ; opened the same; Three per Cents. 19% %; Brazil, 721 ; Mezioan, 28 261 ; Dutch, 52 3.8 52 5.8. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Steck - 3 per Cent. .ie... •3 per Cant. Cane 9l DO% I% South Sea Stork. - 35% per Cent. ... . ..» --Old Annnities ... ...... ..... ....... - Ditto Red. 99 %,1 4 New Ditto New :N per Cetit 99 10 i 9 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... - New 5 per Cent . -- Exch. Bills, ELMO 35 prn. sank LoogAnnuitiestoexpiLrf •a Ditto _. _- . Jan. 5, IMO l4 13-16 Oct. 10. 1859 Jan. 5, 1960 Jan. 5, MO ............ . Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — 20 pun. Ditto Advertised— ...... pro Bank stock for Account April v, 16.90 Jan. 5, MO PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds . Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bends ....... 1 3 4 Ditto Account 72 Buenos A7res Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Cliumbian Bonds Ditto Account ...... C3lurnhian Bonds, Ditto Account Danich Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonita Indlfs Stock for Account ... 266% 'Consols for Acconnt... 92% 5 1 8% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds „.. Ditto Account ..... Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds c N 2 4i Ditto Account 29 MU°, 3 per cent........ Prussian Bonds—. ............ Rusaian Bonds, 18'2'2 Ditto Account ... . Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, IRA 9 %04%1i Ditto Account 12%% French, 5 per cent.......... —I —c. 4 per cent . 3 per cent. —f. -- Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, 9(4 per cent 52 Wi Ditto Account — Ditto, ti per cont. lOll4 i 4 Ditto Account .6 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company ........ 2.i 1 Eastern Counties Railway 3 1%% Great Western Railway Company 55 69x, Brighton Railway Company 5 5 4 2 4 5% 4'4, 5% London and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 164 5 Ditto 4 Shares 5 99(4 London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 17% London and Southampton Railway Company 5O 4I London and Southampton (New) Railway b 21 London and Croydon Railway Company Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account ...... Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 22 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. ...... Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THL Ditto Scrip -- 2 I 9S ; ; Nl:nchester and Birmingham Railway 5 514 North Midland Railway Company 25 25% 4' Colonial Bank HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. On Wednesday Lloyd's is to be removed to the South Sea House, until they obtain an answer from the Drapers' Company. Great crowds of persons are assembling, passing, and re-passing, to view the eestruction by the fire ; but all is in the greatest order, as the police will not suffer them to remain long in one place. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning 92f I, hare improved to 926 i for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, at 2P., 55 ; India Bonds 52 ; Bank Stock 2041. This is settling-day in the Foreign Market, and tomorrow in the British Market. The broken and jobbers are chiefly employed in tat tling their accounts, which are not of a very heavy nature, consequently it is expected it will be easily settled. Spanish Active, 19i f, with Coupons ; Portuguese 29i ; Three per Cents., 191 ; Brazilian, 714 ; Danish, 721 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half, 52k. London and Brighton Shares done at st. 7 -1 1-IREE 0' CL 0 CK. Congolo for the Account, 92i .f. Late this afternoon an alarm of fire was given at the Stock Exchange, which, had it not been subdued, would have created dreadful havoc. It arose from the stupid experi ment of some plumbers employed to thaw the ice in the pipes and gutters on the roof, by igniting straw, when the flames caught a lumber room at the top of the premises. Mr. Braid wood immediately attended with three engines, and extin guished the flames, not without expressing his opinion of the foolhardy experiment. At the meeting at Lloyd's to-day, it was resolved that a large deputation should wait on the Warden and Court of Assistants of the Drapers' Company, respecting their de sire to occupy their hall, when they were courteously informed that a meeting of the Company would be called, and their de termination given on Thursday next. In the meantime, the books of Lloyd's Association will be removed from the Old London Tavern on Tuesday evening, to the South Sea House, where, on Wednesday morning, the usual business of Lloyd's will be carried on. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ELDON.—Died at his residence, in Hamilton Place, on Saturday the 13th day of January, 1838, in the 87th year of his age,---The Right Ho. nourable Sir John Scott, Earl of Eldon, &c. He was born on the 4th of June, 1751, at Newcastle-on -Tyne, and in 1766, entered at Oxford, at University College, of which We subse quently became a fellow, and in 1771 he obtained the Chan cellor's prize for the English essay. In 1773, he married Elizabeth (the late Lady Eldon, who died in June, 1831,) daughter of Aubone Surtees, Esq., and in the same year en tered as a student in the Middle Temple, and was called to the bar in 1778, and was made King's Counsel in 1783. in 1788, Mr. Scott was appointed Solicitor-General and Knighted, and Attorney-General in 1793. In 1799 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and created a Peer by the title of Baron Eldon of Eldon in the county Palantine of Durham. In 1801, Lord Eldon became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, but resigned the Great Seal in Feb. ' 1806; he was re- a p po i nte d i n April 1807, from which period he continued to hold that office until 1827, being altogether a period of nearly twenty_five years. In July, 1821, he was created Earl of Eldon, and Viscount Encombe of En combe in the county of Durset. The office of High Steward of the University of Oxford was held by Lord Eldon from 1801. Lord Eldon was the younger brother of the late Hon. Sir William Scott, Baron Stowell. He is succeded by his Grandson, Viscount Encombe. We are informed that in the embarrassment which the position of Lower Canada has placed the present minis ters, they were glad to apply to the fountain head of military knowledge—to the Duke of Wellington—for advice and in struction ; but, previously to so doing, they had the politeness to say that possibly his Grace would decline communicating with a government to which he was, on principle, opposed. The ans user of the Duke i s wort h y of his name, " I am a pu bl ic servant," said he, " and all the advice and assistance I can give is at the service of my Sovereign,"—Morning Post MARKETS,(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week there was a fair supply of most kinds of grain, large of barley,, and considerfAble of flour. The frost during last week proved an inteiThrtion to business, but more money was demanded for every article. This morning the factors decline showing samples of Corn on ship-board, as the fifer h now unsafe for the lightermen to work in. Such parcels of grain as ate on shore, or easily to be got at by the Wharfs, are held for higher prices. 'I he sellerS demand ‘2,s. per qr. ad ♦ance for wheat, and IF. per qr. for all other coin, at which few sales have been effected, as most of the buyers are willing to wait till they see the n.sult of the present severe weather.. For Flour higher rates are demanded, anfl the holders will not sell, unless they can obtain an , advance. eRICE3 ON BOARD •F situ.. Wheat, Red (old) 526. 60s Beans, Small ;new) 38s 386. _-. Wllit• (01d)... s6c. (;55. -Red 0 , 137) 4•.24. 4fis -- Tick (new) 2Bs 31s. ----- Fin(' 4.5. :Ws Superfine ..... ....5 ts. 576. - Harrow (new) '126.:34,. ---- whit, (1637) 44s. 535. - (•1d)... ...... 406. 42r. --- Fine . s4s 57s Brank 326.1i6 . -- Superfine... ..... .5,96. 634. Oats, Feed ,. --F. -Foreign free... ...... 50i mss. New Rye 3os. 34s - Poland . , Barley ',:,. 255 New 2(1x.24. --- Grinding 25s 27 . .. - Potatoe 26,..30. - Malting 80, st. -- New '4,26•. Malt 4fis. 546, Scotch 24. ^7.. - Fine New 565. 60s. -- Iri6'. ll 17, ... . 206.28' PeaSe, Grey, New 30s. 31s. Flour Towri per sack) 503.52+. --- lil•ple New '32s ,54. .............. econue. 45- 4tts. -- Wh!to 11',.. 356. --- North CoUrltry 42, • 44s -- Boilers :,.76. Ns Bran -- -- SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. A large market to-day, owing to many persons being near Len. don being obliged to send stock in trade. In Beef prices rather lower. Most of the bullocks midland. Mutton in fair supply, parti. culariy South Downs ; trade heavy, and prices rather lower. Veal of good quality scarce, and prices high. Pork rather cheap:r. Business generally dull, on account of the severity of the weather. TRICKS TER STONE OF iIiLN• TO SINK THE OFF•LS• a. d. to s. d. to e. d. Interior Beasts ............ 2 2 2 4 Inferior Sheep 8 0 8 2 Second quality ditto Q 0 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 4 311 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Coarso.woolled ditto..... BIC 4 0 Prime Scots, la. Large coarse Calves 4 8 5 4 Lar g e Ho g s 1 2 411 Prime small ditto I.tekling Calves each lB e , 35 0 Quarter old Pig ',each I! fi 5 0 I SUFTLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep I Calve I Pits '1 , ~62 36,710 200 iS4 NEWUATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per atone, by the Carcass. s d. tog 4 s d.tos 4. Beef, inferior... ......... - middling ...... ...., 6 2 3 4 - riddling I II 810 - prime large - prime mall Z: 310 Perk, large A 2 4 4 Veal PROVISION MARKET. There is a fair business doing now ;n this market, and prices arc firm, but not hi:her at present than last week. The top price of Dutch Butter, 110 a. The stocks of provisions, in first hands, are ge. nerally heavy. BILLINGSGATE MARKET- Lobsters to-day were 6d. and Is. 6d. each. Cod, Is, and is. to Bs., 95. ; for large soles, 6d. to 2s. per pair; for large Turbot, 55., 65., to 25a. each; Whitings, 4d. to Bsl. each. The supply good, except for Turbot, and trade brick. TALLOW MARKET. The price of P.Y.C. to. day Is 48s. 6d. and there is but little doing. COLONIAL MARKETS. ?There is a fair business advertised for this week already, in Colonial produce, consisting of Bengal and Foreign Sugar, and of Coffee and Spices. Of B. P. Coffee, very little at present. The most Important Sates are those of Indigo, amounting to about 8,000 chests. This is the quarterly Sale, and it commences to-morrow, and those of Colonial and other 'Wool, which commence to-morrow. Today, we have no public Sales whatever, and there is but little doing by private contract. In Canadian produce, such as Timber, Ashes, and Turpentine, of which the stocks are rather to a fair extent, there is nothing doing. The Im. ports of all kinds, continue insignificant. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORN MARKET.—Jar. 18. We had again a moderate supply of Wheat from the interior at OUT Market to-day, and the fresh arrivals from the coast also being small. the whole was in fair demand at an advance of Is. per quarter on the prices of this day s'nnight. For Barley there was rather a better We, and our last quotations were fully supported. Oats, though in good supply, were cleared off at Is. per quarter more money. Malt continues in the same dull state, and last week's rates are with difficulty realised. In Rye there is little doing. Beans and Peas remain wiihout altera tion. For Flour there is more demand, though prices cannot be noted any higher. New. OIL Wheat, Northumberland 4Bd 59s b2s. 51.,1 -- Norfolk and Suffolk s2s. 62s - Berwick and Scotch... 42i. -a --s d 5.• - Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk - Foreign -A. -s -6. -6. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk- Us. 34s -s. --s. - Grinding and Feeding ....... ..... 235. 24e ....11. -s. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s2+ 54s .--6....A. Beans, Small 37►. 395. ....1 -4. •-•- Tick Ms ills -6. -a. Pease, White ¶3s. 3U. .... -s. - 4 . -- Gray 2os 324....... -s. --a• Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 2os. Vs 2ss. 27d. --- Feed 17s 21s As 25i. - Foreign Flour (per sack) -s. -s 4ls. 44e. DERBY, JAN. 12. Our Corn market to-day was very well supplied with all of grain; Wheat was in much better condition the last week a' quarter higher. Best Wheat, 545. to 581. ; tine Barley 30s. Grinding, ditto,26s. to 2Ss.; Oats, 21s. to 255. ; Old Beans, 425. ' New, ditto, 30s. to 365. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET. sorts of t 18 per to 33e. to 45i.; The imports from Ireland arc moderate, and though we do not report any very extensive business since Saturday last, the trade has preserved a firm aspect, and very full prices have been obtained for all articles of trade. The same description also applies to the Liverpool and Wake. field markets of yesterday, and at Wakefield there was a fair arrival of Wheat and Barley. Our Corn Exchange was well attended this morning, and the canals being closed by frost, a fair business was done in 'Wheat and Flour, at an advance of 2d. per bushel on the former, and It per sack on the later. For prime Oats and finer qualities of Meal there was a moderate inquiry, at rather better prices. Malt, Beans, and Peas steady at the rates of our last market day. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, J.N. 13. We have had an exceedingly quiet day in the Cotton trade, only 1,500 bags having found purchasers; yet we have no alteration to report its prices ; on the contrary, holders remain extremely firm. 160 Pernam, 9! d., 91d. ; 40 Madras, 41d. ; 810 American, 7id., Sid.; 350 Egyp tian, Old., 12d.; 150 Surat, 4hd., bid. Total, 1,500. REVIEW ofthe LIVERPOOL COTTONMARKET for the WEEK ENDING JLx. 12. We commenced the week with a steady and somewhat brisk demand for Cotton, prices showing some disposition to rise. During the last three days, however, there has been an eager desire with some parties to sell, and this circumstance having depressed the market, we close with a slight decline to our quotations. If we may express an opinion. however, this decline can hardly be considered as permanent, as many of the largest holders have refused to sell under last week's quotations, and are not offering their stocks at present ; so that, although some brokers quote id. to id. per lb. lower, the difference is hardly so much. The sales during the week amount to 19,260 bags ; of this quantity, 1,000 bags American and 100 Pernambueos have been taken by the speculators. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. (From the Scotsman.) SERIOUS RIOTS. For the last two days the peace of our city has been seriously die• turbed, and the lives and property of the inhabitants exposed to not A little danger, by the riotous and disorderly proceedings of a large body of the students of the University. The disturbances are supposed to have originated in a enow.bali skirmish in front of the College, between a party of students and few idle tradesmen on Thursday afternoon, between the hours of two and three o'clock—the ordinary dinner hour of the work ing classes---and at which time the streets are usually pretty throng. The affray commenced, we have no doubt, In a a silrit of harmless amusement; but from some cause or other which we cannot explain, it had not proceeded far when, on the part of the students, it assumed a more alarming aspect. From a good-humoured encounter, they proceeded wantonly and indiscriminately t• attack all passers by, and maliciously to break the windows on the opposite side of the street. At length the police interfered and succeeded in apprehending several of the assailants, who subsequently obtained their liberty, however, on the intercession of about fifty other students, who, along with the prisoners, all pledged their word of honour not to resume the warfare. No sooner, however, were the prisoners released, than they, to the amount of about 300, met in the quadrangle of the College, and came to a resolution to renew the disturbances on the following day, and to arm themselves with bludgeons and other we.ipons for the occasion. Accordingly, they met at the College yesterday, and the assault com menced with more fierceness than ever. They ensconced themselves be hind the gate of the College; from whence they sent forth an almost unintermitting shower of snow-bails—frequently with stones in the heart of them—for hours together, breaking an im mense number of panes of glass in the windows on the opposite side, and severely wounding passengers. A large crowd soon collected, and almost all the shops in the neighbourhood were shut. About three o'clock, the police (a few of whom, we beliere, had been in attendance most of the afternoon) assembled in considerable force, and, led on by the captain and lieutenants, made several strong but ineffectual attempts to burst open the northern gates of the College, and disperse the rioters. The struggle between the two parties was at times of the most desperate description. Sticks and batons were freely used on both sides, and several were severely wounded. The police succeeded in capturing thirty-seven of the students, whom, one by one, they dragged to the Police Office, but who were subsequently allowed to get out upon bail. About half-past three the Lord Provost and Magistrates appeared, and attempted to restore order by mild and conciliatory measures, but in vain; the students would not listen to them. His Lordship then drove up to the Castle, and brought down a detachment of the 79th Regiment, with muskets and fixed bayonets, who soon took the College by storm, and somewhat cooled the courage of the assailants. As evening came on the crowd gradually dispersed, and the military then retired to the Castle. During the whole evening, however, the students paraded the streets in the same way as on the preceding evening, with a large crowd at their heels shouting and helloing. A.scuffie occasionally ensued between theist and the crowd, and numbers of windows broke in their perambulation, but no other serious disturbance took place. The Magistrates and High Constables were in waiting in the Council Chamber till far in the night, to be ready to act in case of a renewal of the disorder. We understand that the students have agreed to open a subscription among themselves' to remunerate such of their number as may be fined by the Magistrates, Mr. PRESCOTT'S NEW WORk•-•— , " THE TORY OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA OF SLAIN.". ,' Tlii remarkable and important work," says the Literary Gazette, "is the production of an American, and there is singular fitness that it should be the task of one whose country ive°o as it were, called into existence uring the very age h de- picts. Mr. Prescott has chosen one of tho most eve e ntful periods in modern history, and one, too, which exercised the greatest control over succeeding times. The foundation of power and influence were then laid; and it is curious to note the germs of after consequences in the great occurrences of the day. It was an age of great events and of great men. Too mach credit cannot be given to Mr. Prescott for the manner in which he has executed his laborious and important task. No read er b ut w ill b a touc h e d b y t h e s i mp l e manner 1n which he alludes t o i ts temporary suspens i on . The work let however, now complete ; and this valuable history is one with out which no library can be complete." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1,153.